1. The competent authorities of a host Member State may make a request to the consolidating supervisor where Article 129(1) applies or to the competent authorities of the home Member State, for a branch of a credit institution to be considered as significant.
That request shall provide reasons for considering the branch to be significant with particular regard to the following:
(a) whether the market share of the branch of a credit institution in terms of deposit exceeds 2 % in the host Member State;
(b) the likely impact of a suspension or closure of the operations of the credit institution on market liquidity and the payment and clearing and settlement systems in the host Member State; and
(c) the size and the importance of the branch in terms of number of clients within the context of the banking or financial system of the host Member State.
The competent authorities of the home and host Member States, and the consolidating supervisor where Article 129(1) applies, shall do